View Full Version : Please HELP!! my car won't start


AJCdis3
07-02-2003, 01:26 PM
A couple of days ago I changed my spark plug wires, after that my car wouldn't start. So I figured that maybe I had the wrong firing order 1-2-3-4 cyl 1-2-3-4 on the coils. Checked that, ok. Still won't start, bad (new) wires? put the old ones back on... still no start. So I figure it has to be fuel related. Check replace fuel filter, still, my car won't start. Check replace fuel pump, nope . my fuel system checks out fine and I am sure that there is a spark at each plug what else could be wrong? The engine cranks fine just won't kick over... I am at my wits end here PLEASE somebody help me. :(
92 318i

XOC
07-02-2003, 03:02 PM
I'm confused. Did it start before you changed the wires?

Gary-TulZa
07-02-2003, 04:51 PM
You'll have to get the stealer to pull the OBDII codes.

StouffvilleZ3
07-02-2003, 05:06 PM
His car is OBD1, not that it really matters.

Pull you plugs one at a time, check for proper spark and gap the plugs. If still doesn't start, start pulling injectors to make sure the're spraying. If both spark and spray, check your timing. If all three are O.K. and still no start and you're not that strong a mechanic, STOP. Take it to somebody who know's what they're doing.

Fuel, water and air, almost any engine will fire.

Bill